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SKIPPING ROPE.

No. 498,753. Patented May 30, 1893.

PETERS c0. PHOTQ-LITHQ, WASHINGTON. u. c.

UITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

LORENZO B. TUCKER, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO W. R. OMOHUNDRO AND R. O. OMOHUNDRO, OF SAME PLACE.

SIKIPPING-ROPE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 498,753, dated May 30, 1893.

Application filed May 9, I891.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LORENZO B. TUoKER,a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of Chicago, county of Cook, and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Skipping-Ropes, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in that class of articles of manufacture known as skipping ropes, and has for its object, to produce a novel,cheap and durable device of simple construction yet ornamental and durable to the maximum degree. This object is attained by the devices illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1, represents a side elevation of a skipping rope embodying myinvention; Fig.

2, an enlarged detail section through one of the handles, more clearly showing the manner of attaching the bell and rope thereto.

Similar letters of reference indicate the same parts in both the figures of the drawings.

Referring by letter to the accompanying drawings, A, indicates the handles, and B, thetwo parts of the bells which are put together, and preferably have a spheroidal shape, although, if desired, they may form a perfect globe or have any other desirable shape. The

bells are fastened to one end of the handles by means of a screw O,passing longitudinally into the handles and through the bells, the parts of which are held solidly separated from each other by means of a sleeve D, upon the screw, concealed within the bell, and one or more loose balls E, serving as the hammer for the bells. The head of the screw is formed into an eye F, to which is attached the end of a chain G, which constitutes the rope of the device, a chain of any character being far more durable than the ordinary hempen, linen or other forms of rope, and the form of chain illustrated in the drawings is preferred because of its peculiar flexibility and especial adaptability for this kind of device, being not liable to kink or knot. The bells are secured to the ends of the handles as contradistinguished to the sides, so as to come between Serial No. 392,177. (No model.)

the ends of the handles and the ends of the chain. The advantage of this arrangement, is that the chain cannot strike the bells and thus destroy their resonance, when thedevice is in use; and, furthermore, by employing a double bell on the handle and securing it to the end thereof, in the position shown, the upper or inner section of the'bell forms a guard for preventing the hand from coming in contact with the lower or outer bell section and mufliing its sound. I do not desire,however, to limit myself to the particular device shown and-described for connecting the chain or rope with the handles, or to the particular construction or arrangement of the bells, so long as the bells are rigidly secured between the handles and the ends of the chain.

In the manufacture of the articles the chain and bells are tinned or nickel or silver plated, and to the eyes F, on the screw ends, are secured bunches H, of ribbons of various colors so as to give the article a highly ornamental 7c and attractive finish.

Having described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, 1s-

1. As a new article of manufacture, a skipping rope comprising a chain attached at its ends, respectively, to the handles by means of screws, and bells also attached to the hamdles by means of the same screws, substantially as described.

2. The combination with the handles, of bells and a chain secured to the ends of said handles, the said bells being interposed between the ends of the chain and the ends of the handles, substantially as set forth.

3. The combination with the handles, of a chain, and sectional bells secured to the ends of said handles, the said bells being interposed between the ends of the handles and the ends of the chain, whereby one section of 1 each bell constitutes a guard for the other section, substantially as set forth.

LORENZO B. TUCKER. Witnesses:

R. O. OMOHUNDRO, JAMES R. SCOTT. 

